The New World of Utilities

Vincent Petit has worked in the energy management environment for the last fifteen years, gathering rich and diverse experience in both engineering and marketing roles, in corporate roles and operations, in Europe and abroad. He graduated from the French engineering school Supéléc (Master of Science Electrical Engineering, 2001) and from the University of Texas at Austin, USA (Master of Science Electrical Engineering, 2001). He works at Schneider Electric, where he has run international power projects across the globe, mainly in Middle East and Africa, and has headed the full solution operations business in the CIS zone out of Russia. More recently, he was heading the global Energy Automation business, a fast growing business at the heart of Smart Grids. He is now running global thought leadership and external communication activities at the group level. Passionate about the energy domain, he has grown convinced of the urgent need for our generation to tackle the energy transition ahead of us.

1.Introduction.- 2.The Transition to a New Electric World.- 3.The Transition to a New Power Mix.- 4.The Transition to a New Grid.- 5.Solutions for a Sustainable Transition.- 6.Facilitating the Transition Through Digital Technologies.